OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES EAST OF LEE BRIDGE HOUSE

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES EAST OF LEE BRIDGE HOUSE

List entry Number: 1056036

Location

OBELISK APPROXIMATELY 25 METRES EAST OF LEE BRIDGE HOUSE, LEE BRIDGE

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:

District: Shropshire

District Type: Unitary Authority

Parish: Moreton Corbet and Lee Brockhurst

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 28-Oct-1960

Date of most recent amendment: 16-Sep-1987

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 260463

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Reasons for Designation

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History

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Details

LEE BROCKHURST C.P. LEE BRIDGE
SJ 52 NW
11/8 Obelisk approx.
- 25m east of Lee
28.10.60 Bridge House (formerly
listed as Monument)
GV II
Shown on O.S. map as Monument.
Obelisk. Dated 1812. Sandstone. Square section tapering to top
with cavetto-moulded plinth and square base; formerly surmounted by
ball finial. Inscription on plinth reads "The Tenantry of Besford
and Lee-Bridge erected this obelisk as a token of esteem to their landlord
Sir Andrew Vincent Corbet Bart. and to commemorate the coming of age
of his eldest son Vincent Rowland Corbet Esq." A short verse below
was illegible at time of resurvey (January 1986).

Listing NGR: SJ5487126814

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